13 May 2005

D. A. Powell

from D. A. Powell's Tea:

[how his body stood against a thicket, rich in hardwood gentry: ponderous and gloomy]

how his body stood against a thicket.&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp rich in hardwood gentry:&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp ponderous and gloomythe limbs would still extend a noble canopy had they not been so&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp alluring:&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp pitch and timber

hungry for plowland and pasture the notchers came.&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp char and rot the&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp tools for clearingdriven deep into tangles the aching teams.&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp corduroy roads leading&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp to the penetrable duff

he has been pioneered:&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp given to the final stump allowing&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp settlement.&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp slow collapsethese trees stripped and unable.&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp there was no child in him:&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp a land&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp traversed many times

signs dot the road where he should flourish.&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp could the sparse line on&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp a sign indicate the forest